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The War in Iran Is Illegal. Here’s Why That Matters.
Launching military action without Congress is troubling enough. Doing so at a time when faith in the Constitution is collapsing makes it far more…
Matt Dreher
The NYC Public Defender Who Sends Books to Prisoners
And frontier justice in Charles Portis’s ‘True Grit’
Shilo Brooks
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I Was the Target of an FBI Sting
What I thought was a run-of-the-mill political donation was in fact part of an elaborate FBI sting that would turn my life upside down. Now I’m fighting…
P.G. Sittenfeld
The Father Battling Palestinian Terror in Court
For decades, the ‘Martyrs Fund’ created by the Palestinian Authority has rewarded attacks on Israel. A victim’s father is fighting to make the group…
Jonas Du
Mark Zuckerberg’s Courtroom Reckoning
In a Los Angeles courtroom, he tried to combat claims that Meta wants to keep teens chained to its apps.
Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin
Trump’s Tough-Talking Antitrust Chief Is Pushed Out
‘Competent technocrats do not survive the den of vipers,’ says one of Gail Slater’s allies about her sudden exit.
Gabe Kaminsky
Will We Regret the Release of the Epstein Files?
No one knows what’s true, false, or misleading in the millions of files released. But reputations will still be ruined.
Robby Soave
Freedom of the Press Won’t Protect Don Lemon
Obstructing worshippers in church is a crime. But it will be hard to prove Lemon did so, or knew others would.
Jed Rubenfeld
I Was Fired by New York’s Attorney General for Opposing ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
Glenna Goldis is a gay consumer fraud attorney who has spoken out about the dangers of “gender-affirming care.” For that she lost her job.
Glenna Goldis
The Law and the Shooting of Alex Pretti
If the officers who shot him had a reasonable fear that he was armed, it may not matter in court that his gun had already been seized.
Jed Rubenfeld
Sanctuary Cities Are Built on Shaky Law
Federal law makes it a crime to “encourage” illegal immigration, which is exactly what Tim Walz and Jacob Frey are doing.
Richard Lawson
Will the Supreme Court Save the Fed from Trump?
The justices seem to think almost every appointee can be fired by the president—except for members of the central bank.
Jed Rubenfeld
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